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Ronnie Trahan with picture of his first responders
He's seen The Light, wants to see it again
ABBEVILLE – Ronnie Trahan has literally seen the light. And it’s Good News. He says he knows heaven is real, because he’s been there, after his heart stopped beating in October. “I talked to my doc...
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Woman pleads guilty to embezzling $1.37M NEW ORLEANS — Prosecutors say a 55-year-old Mandeville woman accused of embezzling $1.37 million from her employer over a five-year period pleaded guilty t...
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Louisiana state budget outlook bleaker
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s budget picture grew bleaker Thursday, when the state’s revenue-forecasting panel dropped income estimates by $129 million, creating a midyear deficit that leaves coll...
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9 caged dogs perish in house fire
BOSSIER CITY – Nine dogs died in an early morning house fire Friday but the people living there got out uninjured. A resident was awakened by the smell of smoke about 5 a.m. and woke up the other o...
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'Pay us pay day' furniture store closing
ALEXANDRIA – Carroll Furniture, a business institution here since 1940, is closing. One of the owners, Frank Brame, said the decision was a matter of business concerns and just timing. The store, n...
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Lafourche council to aid Chabert THIBODAUX — The Lafourche Parish Council has agreed to contribute $1 million help prevent cuts at the state charity hospital in Houma. The money approved Tuesday wi...
Dec 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Phone calls to cost less at Louisiana prisons and jails
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The price tag for inmates to call home from Louisiana’s prisons and local jails will drop over the next couple of years, under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Public Service...
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BP rig supervisors seek trial delay NEW ORLEANS — Two BP rig supervisors have asked a federal judge to postpone their trial on manslaughter charges in the April 2010 deaths of 11 workers. Their t...
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Citizens weighing options to close budget gap
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s state-run property insurer of last resort is considering ways to close its multimillion-dollar budget gap, and either option would lead to increased costs to homeowners co...
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Louisiana-licensed casinos win $192.9M in Nov.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos took in $192.9 million from gamblers in November, up from October’s total of nearly $185 million, and a strong improvement from the $175.3 mill...
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Man's body recovered near Lanan Bridge on Toledo Bend
TOLEDO BEND -- Investigation continues in the death of a Natchitoches Parish whose body was recovered Monday from Toledo Bend Reservoir. Justin Wilson, 22, of Provencal, went missing during a stor...
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Man charged with using another's deer stand without permission
WEST MONROE – Using a man’s deer stand without permission is not only impolite but could also be a crime, and Ouachita deputies arrested a man Monday afternoon accused of being in someone else’s de...
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